Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
schmunk said:
thismonkeyhere said:
GT03ROB said:
RobinOakapple said:
People facing execution just seem to go along with it for the most part. Should I ever be in that position I picture myself fighting every step of the way. I'd be overpowered for sure but at least I would have done everything I could. But maybe when death is inevitable they just want to get it over with with as little fuss as possible?
They don't always, by coincidence I read the following description this afternoon..."The guards came for xxxxx at 3:30am. He was ordered to step out of his prison issue shorts to avoid soiling them with urine & excrement and told to dress in his civilian clothes. He refused so his prison garb was torn from him. He should have been weighed to calculate the drop. He refused to be weighed for the drop. It took 12 guards 20 minutes to drag him to the holding cell next to the gallows. During the struggle he sustained a broken nose, cheekbone, jaw, 2 black eyes & multiple bruising. At the appointed time xxxx was heard to be sobbing. The 2 other doomed men were already pinioned & hooded on the trap when he was prepared. Again he lashed out before being bound with leather straps. Now neutralised, naked & tightly buckled he lost control of his bodily functions. Quickly a rubber bung was forced between his teeth. Then cam the hood, followed by the rope. Apull on the leaver & xxxx plunged into eternity. The consequences of the failure to calculate a proper drop were only too obvious, for his head had almost been ripped from his body"
The official description of events said ......
" xxxx was woken by guards at about 3:30am & escorted to a waiting room where he and 2 other prisoners were prepared. He spoke to a priest & a prison chaplin before his time came when he walked bravely to his death"
This is a true account of a judicial execution of a British man in 1996.
Where?
Mind you the British system was more humane. Enter the prisoners cell at 9:00AM, through the adjoining door to the gallows, dangling by 9:00AM and 30 seconds.
schmunk said:
thismonkeyhere said:
GT03ROB said:
RobinOakapple said:
People facing execution just seem to go along with it for the most part. Should I ever be in that position I picture myself fighting every step of the way. I'd be overpowered for sure but at least I would have done everything I could. But maybe when death is inevitable they just want to get it over with with as little fuss as possible?
They don't always, by coincidence I read the following description this afternoon..."The guards came for xxxxx at 3:30am. He was ordered to step out of his prison issue shorts to avoid soiling them with urine & excrement and told to dress in his civilian clothes. He refused so his prison garb was torn from him. He should have been weighed to calculate the drop. He refused to be weighed for the drop. It took 12 guards 20 minutes to drag him to the holding cell next to the gallows. During the struggle he sustained a broken nose, cheekbone, jaw, 2 black eyes & multiple bruising. At the appointed time xxxx was heard to be sobbing. The 2 other doomed men were already pinioned & hooded on the trap when he was prepared. Again he lashed out before being bound with leather straps. Now neutralised, naked & tightly buckled he lost control of his bodily functions. Quickly a rubber bung was forced between his teeth. Then cam the hood, followed by the rope. Apull on the leaver & xxxx plunged into eternity. The consequences of the failure to calculate a proper drop were only too obvious, for his head had almost been ripped from his body"
The official description of events said ......
" xxxx was woken by guards at about 3:30am & escorted to a waiting room where he and 2 other prisoners were prepared. He spoke to a priest & a prison chaplin before his time came when he walked bravely to his death"
This is a true account of a judicial execution of a British man in 1996.
Where?
Ok a more mundane question.
You are warned about the dangers of reheating cooked rice. Especially if it's not been cooled rapidly after cooking and kept refrigerated. Yet no such warnings AFAIK relate to rice pudding. Is there a reason for this or is it an omission and it does apply to home made rice pidding?
I reheat the home made stuff sll the time, and whilst it's been refrigerated never a problem. Has this simply been down to luck or maybe the long cooking time or?
You are warned about the dangers of reheating cooked rice. Especially if it's not been cooled rapidly after cooking and kept refrigerated. Yet no such warnings AFAIK relate to rice pudding. Is there a reason for this or is it an omission and it does apply to home made rice pidding?
I reheat the home made stuff sll the time, and whilst it's been refrigerated never a problem. Has this simply been down to luck or maybe the long cooking time or?
Dr Jekyll said:
I felt almost sorry for him until I read that.
Mind you the British system was more humane. Enter the prisoners cell at 9:00AM, through the adjoining door to the gallows, dangling by 9:00AM and 30 seconds.
True, but that would rely on the cooperation of the condemned person, which kind of brings it back to my original point.Mind you the British system was more humane. Enter the prisoners cell at 9:00AM, through the adjoining door to the gallows, dangling by 9:00AM and 30 seconds.
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DickyC said:
Why, when you can draw a very deep breath with your mouth only just open, do you need to open your mouth absurdly wide for a yawn to be satisfying?
This is something to do with the (bad) design of the jaw where it meets the skull trapping blood which grows 'stagnant'. This is released/cycled back into the main bloodstream when you open your mouth very widely.FiF said:
Ok a more mundane question.
You are warned about the dangers of reheating cooked rice. Especially if it's not been cooled rapidly after cooking and kept refrigerated. Yet no such warnings AFAIK relate to rice pudding. Is there a reason for this or is it an omission and it does apply to home made rice pidding?
I reheat the home made stuff sll the time, and whilst it's been refrigerated never a problem. Has this simply been down to luck or maybe the long cooking time or?
Why on earth would you reheat rice pidding (or indeed pudding You are warned about the dangers of reheating cooked rice. Especially if it's not been cooled rapidly after cooking and kept refrigerated. Yet no such warnings AFAIK relate to rice pudding. Is there a reason for this or is it an omission and it does apply to home made rice pidding?
I reheat the home made stuff sll the time, and whilst it's been refrigerated never a problem. Has this simply been down to luck or maybe the long cooking time or?
)?It tastes horrid enough the first time
I've been reheating cooked rice all my life and I've never been ill as a result.
Although I am aware of the danger. Unlike some food decay (IIRC) rice mould(?) is the same colour as the rice (typ. white) so it's difficult to see and reheating doesn't kill whatever it is that is toxic,
regards,
Jet
Apparently the rice thing is mainly in restaurants where they cook up large batches and store them in bins. The don't clean the bins properly when they're done with that batch and the remaining rice goes off and contaminates the new stuff.
I to have been reheating rice for yonks without a single issue at home.
I to have been reheating rice for yonks without a single issue at home.
Why do the Americans do this and what does it mean.
Instead of saying "I went to the shop and it was empty"
They say "I went to the "shop" and it was empty"
Using their fingers to make the "" before and after the word shop, and they do this with their first and second fingers of each hand.
WTF
Instead of saying "I went to the shop and it was empty"
They say "I went to the "shop" and it was empty"
Using their fingers to make the "" before and after the word shop, and they do this with their first and second fingers of each hand.
WTF
Vipers said:
Why do the Americans do this and what does it mean.
Instead of saying "I went to the shop and it was empty"
They say "I went to the "shop" and it was empty"
Using their fingers to make the "" before and after the word shop, and they do this with their first and second fingers of each hand.
WTF
The yanks I know would say "store" not "shop".Instead of saying "I went to the shop and it was empty"
They say "I went to the "shop" and it was empty"
Using their fingers to make the "" before and after the word shop, and they do this with their first and second fingers of each hand.
WTF
If they said "shop" I would assume they mean "garage" as it is the typical abbreviation of "Autoshop" which means a place to get your car fixed.
Perhaps the bunny-ears were to signal to you that they were translating from American to English on your behalf?
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